Have not finished watching Wolf's Rain, and it's pretty obvious that I have no firm grasp on Kiba's character.
I...wanted a warm-feeling-inside story, but with tragedy and sadness too. (Needless to say, I failed.) The fact that Danny is even in this instead of a random human or not-human is purely due to the death aspect. Heck, he isn't even in character, so feel free to replace him with any vapid-charactered half-ghost. On the whole, one of the worst things I've ever had the guts to post (I wrote it five minutes ago) and a mere experiment in gut feeling for stories and for conversation-based scenes. The only excuse I have is that I need to get all the feelings out or become a mud-filled pond of emotions. I just feel vaguely bad for not writing and posting more- I apologise for Old Friend and Laws of Anime, and hope this will appease those who put either on watch list until the weekends, which is hopefully when I'll update one or the other.
Disclaimer: Don't own the wolves or the ghosts.
"You are not wholly human." Caution, and barely hidden curiosity.
"Nope. I'm half-ghost. Are you a werewolf?"
A contemptuous snort. "Human perceptions and fairy tales. There is no man-wolf. There is only man, and their ancestors the wolves."
"And which are you?"
"Ookami. Wolf."
"You share this information very freely."
"You are not human either. You know of the prejudice and hate our brethren receive."
"True."
A silence- not comfortable, but not overly hostile. "Half-ghost- does that mean you are half dead? Is that the reason for your interest in me?"
"You'll be fi-"
"Do not coddle me with lies. I have failed in my quest, and now it is my time to pass on."
"...Yes. I think that is why I am drawn to you, of all others in this world. Your quest...?"
"The quest of every wolf in the world."
"And what is your quest?"
"To find Paradise."
Paradise...
A hand laid itself gently on the unmoving, white-furred head. "I wish you all the luck in finding your Paradise... Kiba."
A soft gust swirled the snow, pure white flakes floating skywards.